The Other Saminda: Part 1

The Setup:
So about five years ago, I registered for my gmail address.  I decided in the process to embrace my full Sri Lankan first name and abandon my "slave name".   Yay.

And for the first year, things went swimmingly: normal mail from normal people I knew.  Then one day, I got a mail from someone clearly Sri Lankan that was trying to reach another Saminda, the content of the email involving some college-level classwork at a Sri Lankan school.  I politely replied back that they had meant to email another Saminda, letting it go as an innocent mistake.

But then over the next couple of months, I got similar school-related emails from others.  I realized the other Saminda had been giving out my address as his and seemed to be continuing to do so without any intention of stopping.  I continued to politely respond, requesting they let the other Saminda know. 

But it didn't end. Even as I added folks to my spam list, I continued to get more mails from new people trying to reach the other Saminda, some of which extended beyond school work.  I got one with, well Sri Lankan porn images, and it wouldn't have been so bad except that Sri Lankan porn is -well, really crappy apparently.  Damn, step it up, my people!

Anyway, at a loss at fight it, I decided to go with it.  So this is the story of how I became the other Saminda..